Physical origin of the quadrupole out-of-plane magnetic field in Hall-magnetohydrodynamic reconnection

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Uzdensky, Dmitri A ^a   Kulsrud, Russell M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR POLOIDAL ELECTRIC FIELD; HALL-MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC RECONNECTION; QUADRUPOLE PATTERN; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; HALL EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SPACECRAFT;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 33745685313     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2209627     Document Type: Article

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